Baby left in mini-van

mom is charged

January 21, 2006

SCHAUMBURG — The mother of an 8-month-old girl was charged with misdemeanor child endangerment after leaving her daughter alone for at least 30 minutes in a mini-van in a Schaumburg parking lot, police said Friday.

The mother, Tuvshintungalag Damba, 28, of the 1900 block of Akron Court, went shopping, police said. A woman noticed the baby crying in a car seat about 3 p.m. Thursday in the Village Green Shopping Center in the 1400 block of Golf Road, said Schaumburg Police Lt. Mike Marchese. She waited for 10 to 15 minutes, hoping a parent would show up, before calling police, he said.

The license plate was traced to Damba, and police asked employees at several stores to page her. She was found about 10 minutes later, Marchese said. The baby was released to her father, and the Department of Children and Family Services was notified, Marchese said.